Verb
bring back to the point of departure
regain possession of something
cause someone to remember the past
take back what one has said
move text to the previous line; in printing
resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband
Source: WordNetHere take back the stuff that I am, nature, knead it back into the dough of being, make of me a bush, a cloud, whatever you will, even a man, only no longer make me me. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
To her who gives and takes back all, to nature, the man who is instructed and modest says, Give what thou wilt; take back what thou wilt. And he says this not proudly, but obediently and well pleased with her. Marcus Aurelius
The concept of Blood and Soil gives us the moral right to take back as much land in the East as is necessary to establish a harmony between the body of our Volk and the geopolitical space. Richard Walther Darré
It is easier to catch an escaped horse than to take back an escaped word. Mongolian Proverb
If everyone's misfortunes were seen by all in broad daylight, in the end people would take back their own. Corsican Proverb
There is no point in living if we cannot take back our culture. African Proverb